特朗普政府向哈佛大学发出要求清单，以避免取消数十亿美元的联邦资金
【中美创新时报2025 年 4 月 4 日编译讯】（记者温友平编译）据《波士顿环球报》获得的信件副本以及一位知情的联邦政府官员称，特朗普政府的反犹太主义工作组周四向哈佛大学发送了一份要求清单，详细说明了学校必须采取的行动，以避免失去数十亿美元的联邦资金。《波士顿环球报》记者麦克·达米亚诺对此作了下述报道。
此前，特朗普政府于周一宣布，将“审查”拨给该大学及其附属机构（包括麻省总医院布莱根分院和波士顿儿童医院等著名研究医院）的 90 亿美元联邦拨款和合同。
信中的要求包括关闭多元化、公平和包容性项目，信中称这些项目教会学生和教职员工“基于粗鲁的种族和身份刻板印象对彼此做出草率的判断”。
此外，信中还表示，大学必须实施“择优录取”的招生和招聘政策，并证明这些变化是“持久的”。
报告要求哈佛大学建立新的“监督和问责制度，以监督助长反犹太主义的偏见项目”，并要求改变学生纪律程序，包括追究学生团体领导人违反哈佛政策的责任，禁止佩戴可以掩盖抗议者身份的面具。报告还要求哈佛大学审查和报告自 2023 年 10 月 7 日哈马斯袭击以色列以来与“违反反犹太主义规则”有关的纪律处分。
信中写道，哈佛大学还必须向美国国土安全部提供“全力合作”。
在信中，工作组将这些指令描述为哈佛大学“继续与美国政府保持财务关系”的“必要”的“立即采取的下一步措施”。
2023 年，哈佛大学约 10% 的收入来自联邦拨款和合同。周一接受审查的 90 亿美元资金包括哈佛大学本身的拨款和合同，以及麻省总医院布莱根分院和波士顿儿童医院等附属机构的拨款和合同。
哈佛大学发言人证实，该校已收到校方反犹太主义特别工作组的来信。
在信中，工作组指控哈佛大学“从根本上未能保护美国学生和教职员工免受反犹太暴力和骚扰”。
哈佛大学发出最后通牒是特朗普政府打击精英大学的最新举措。特朗普政府指责精英大学培养激进左翼思想，让反犹主义“滋生”，尤其是在哈马斯袭击以色列和校园抗议以色列在加沙军事行动之后。一些人认为抗议运动中存在反犹主义的元素，与更广泛的担忧有关，即对被视为支持以色列的犹太学生遭到排斥。
特朗普政府已经开始着手处理这一问题，宣布对数十所高校展开民权调查，并于本周削减了普林斯顿大学的研究经费。该政府还逮捕并试图驱逐与亲巴勒斯坦倡议有关的国际学生，例如上周在萨默维尔被蒙面联邦特工拘留的塔夫茨大学研究生鲁米莎·奥兹图尔克 (Rümeysa Öztürk)。
政府没有提供任何证据证明 Öztürk 有不当行为，她持有学生签证。塔夫茨大学的一位发言人表示，她是一名信誉良好的学生。
哈佛大学的调查是在哥伦比亚大学上个月开始的类似调查之后进行的。
政府在会上宣布审查数十亿美元的联邦资金，取消了 4 亿美元的拨款，然后提出了一系列要求，包括修改学校抗议活动的管理规则，并将中东研究部门置于新的监督之下。哥伦比亚大学的领导几乎满足了所有的要求。
哈佛大学已经实施了与哥伦比亚大学要求类似的政策，包括采用特朗普政府青睐的反犹太主义的正式定义，并执行旨在控制抗议活动的所谓时间、地点和方式规则。
周三，哈佛大学对一个亲巴勒斯坦学生组织处以缓刑，该组织声称该组织在周二的和平抗议活动中扮演了角色。上周，哈佛大学更换了中东研究中心的领导层，该中心因在以色列问题上存在教学和节目偏见而受到指责。
批评者认为这些措施是为了压制亲巴勒斯坦观点并安抚特朗普政府。支持者表示，哈佛大学的领导层已经做出了认真的努力来打击反犹太主义并控制破坏性抗议活动，他们担心特朗普的干预可能会破坏进展。
周二的集会期间，当大学保安试图关闭大门时，抗议者出示了哈佛大学的身份证。
周二的集会上，抗议者出示了哈佛大学的学生证，当时学校保安试图关闭校门。Brett Phelps 为《波士顿环球报》拍摄
大学领导和学者对于如何应对特朗普的打压行动存在分歧 ，一些人主张发起统一的抵抗，而另一些人则选择采取更为和解的方式来减轻打击。
在宣布审查联邦政府资金后，哈佛大学校长艾伦·加伯周一在致校园社区的一封信中表示：“如果停止这笔资金，将会阻碍拯救生命的研究，并危及重要的科学研究和创新。”
他还表示：“我们完全拥护打击反犹太主义这一最阴险的偏见形式的重要目标。我们需要采取紧急行动并下定决心解决这一在美国乃至全世界日益严重的严重问题。”
他说：“我们将与联邦政府打击反犹太主义工作组的成员进行接触，以确保他们全面了解我们所做的工作以及今后打击反犹太主义将采取的行动。”
这封信是写给哈佛大学校长艾伦·加伯和哈佛大学最高监督委员会哈佛公司高级研究员彭妮·普利兹克的。这封信由参与 特朗普政府反犹主义工作组的三个联邦机构的官员签署：美国总务管理局联邦采购服务局局长乔希·格伦鲍姆、美国卫生与公众服务部代理总法律顾问肖恩·凯文尼和美国教育部代理总法律顾问托马斯·惠勒。
题图：信中称，哈佛大学还必须与美国国土安全部“全力合作”。Craig F. Walker/《环球报》记者
附原英文报道：
Trump administration sends Harvard list of demands to avoid cancellation of billions in federal funding
By Mike Damiano Globe Staff,Updated April 3, 2025, 11:46 p.m.
Harvard must also offer its “full cooperation” with the US Department of Homeland Security, the letter says.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
The Trump administration’s antisemitism task force sent Harvard University a list of demands Thursday detailing actions the school must take to avoid losing billions of dollars in federal funding, according to a copy of the letter obtained by the Globe and a federal government official familiar with the matter.
The demands follow the announcement Monday that the Trump administration will “review” $9 billion of federal grants and contracts destined for the university and its affiliated institutions, including preeminent research hospitals like Mass General Brigham and Boston Children’s Hospital.
The demands include shuttering diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, which the letter says teach students and staff “to make snap judgments about each other based on crude race and identity stereotypes.”
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Moreover, the university must implement “merit-based” admissions and hiring policies and demonstrate that the changes are “durable,” according to the letter.
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It asks Harvard to create new “[o]versight and accountability for biased programs that fuel antisemitism” and demands changes to student discipline procedures, including holding student group leaders accountable for violations of Harvard policy, and banning masks that can conceal the identity of protesters. And it asks Harvard to review and report disciplinary actions related to “antisemitic rule violations” since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel.
Harvard must also offer its “full cooperation” with the US Department of Homeland Security, the letter says.
In the letter, the task force described those directives as “immediate next steps” that are “necessary” for Harvard to have a “continued financial relationship with the United States government.”
In 2023, Harvard received about 10 percent of its revenue from federal grants and contracts. The $9 billion of funding placed under review Monday includes grants and contracts with Harvard University itself, as well as institutions affiliated with the school, such as Mass General Brigham and Boston Children’s Hospital.
A Harvard spokesperson confirmed the university received the letter from the administration’s antisemitism task force.
In the letter, the task force alleged that Harvard “has fundamentally failed to protect American students and faculty from antisemitic violence and harassment.”
The Harvard ultimatum is the latest move in the Trump administration’s crackdown on elite universities, which it accuses of cultivating radical, leftist thought and allowing antisemitism to “fester,” especially in the wake of the Hamas attack on Israel and the campus protest movement over Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. Some saw elements of the protest movement as antisemitic, and tied to broader concerns about ostracization of Jewish students perceived as supportive of Israel.
The Trump administration has taken up the issue, announcing civil rights investigations at dozens of colleges and universities, and cutting research grants this week at Princeton University. The administration has also arrested and attempted to deport international students tied to pro-Palestinian advocacy, such as Tufts University graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk, who was detained by masked federal agents in Somerville last week.
The government has presented no evidence of wrongdoing by Öztürk, who had a student visa. A Tufts spokesperson said she was a student in good standing.
The Harvard review follows a similar inquiry at Columbia University that began last month.
There, the government announced a review of billions of federal funding, canceled $400 million of grants, and then sent a list of demands, including changes to the school’s rules governing protests and placing a Middle East studies department under new oversight. Columbia’s leaders granted nearly all of the demands.
Harvard has already implemented policies similar to the Columbia demands, including adopting a formal definition of antisemitism favored by the Trump administration and enforcing so-called time, place, and manner rules meant to control protests.
On Wednesday, Harvard placed a pro-Palestinian student organization on probation over what the group described as its alleged role in a peaceful protest Tuesday. Last week, Harvard moved to replace the leadership of its Center for Middle Eastern Studies, which has faced accusations of biased teaching and programming on Israel.
Critics view these measures as attempts to repress pro-Palestinian views and appease the Trump administration. Supporters say Harvard’s leaders have made a serious effort to combat antisemitism and rein in disruptive protests, and worry the Trump intervention could disrupt progress.
Protesters showed their Harvard IDs as university security guards tried to close a gate during a rally on Tuesday.
Protesters showed their Harvard IDs as university security guards tried to close a gate during a rally on Tuesday.Brett Phelps for The Boston Globe
University leaders and academics have been split on how to respond to the Trump crackdown, with some arguing for mounting a unified resistance, and others opting for a more conciliatory approach designed to soften the blows.
In a letter to the campus community Monday after the review of federal funding was announced, Harvard president Alan Garber said, “If this funding is stopped, it will halt life-saving research and imperil important scientific research and innovation.”
He also said: “We fully embrace the important goal of combatting antisemitism, one of the most insidious forms of bigotry. Urgent action and deep resolve are needed to address this serious problem that is growing across America and around the world.”
“We will engage with members of the federal government’s task force to combat antisemitism to ensure that they have a full account of the work we have done and the actions we will take going forward to combat antisemitism,” he said.
The letter was addressed to Harvard president Alan Garber and Penny Pritzker, senior fellow of the Harvard Corporation, the university’s top oversight board. It was signed by officials from three federal agencies participating in the Trump administration’s antisemitism task force: Josh Gruenbaum, Commissioner of the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service; Sean Keveney, acting general counsel of the US Department of Health and Human Services; and Thomas Wheeler, acting general counsel of the US Department of Education.
